BandPage, AEG Digital, Abe Burns Win DMW’s Music Leadership Awards
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Media Wire has announced its 2013 DMW Music Leadership Awards’ recipients,
recognizing music-tech leaders in three categories: Music Tech Startup to
Watch, Music Tech Trendsetter to Watch, and Music Technology to Watch. The recipients will be recognized at an awards dinner during the DMW Music
Conference on February 20-21 in New York City. This year's winners and nominees:
Music
Tech Startup to Watch:
Winner: Bandpage
Bandsintown
Chirpify
Music
Tech Trendsetter to Watch:
Winner: Abe Burns, Digital Operations,
Guy Oseary
Will.i.am
iHeart Radio Management Team
Music
Technology to Watch:
Winner: AEG Digital Media
Soundhound
Gobbler.com
The awards
recipients were determined through an open nomination process that resulted in
over 100 nominations and a voting process involving 20 industry leaders who
served as jurors.
The jurors for the 2013 Awards are Dorothy Hui, VP, Digital
Marketing, ROC Nation; Jon Vanhala, Head of Digital & New Business, Island
Def Jam & Republic Records, Universal Music Group; Jesse Israel,
Co-Founder, Tech Operations, Cantora; Matt Ringel, Managing Partner, New Era
Media & Marketing, Red Light Management; Owen Grover, SVP, Content
Partnerships, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises; J Sider, Founder &
CEO, BandPage; Anthony ‘Ant’ Demby, Music Curator, Consultant, Manager,
Dembycratic & HumbleRiot; David Marcus, Principal, Echo and Sway; Aimee
Higgins, Former Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Pandora; Nick Lippman, VP
& Manager, Lippman Entertainment; Rachna Bhasin, SVP, Corporate Strategy
& Business Development, Sirius XM Radio; Yi Ping Ho, Senior Director of
Strategy & Business Development, Warner Music Group; James Blades, Artist
Manager, McGhee Entertainment; Abe Burns, Digital Operations, Guy Oseary; Brandon
Martinez, Co-Founder & CEO, INDMUSIC; Reggie Williams, SVP of Programming,
Music and Specials, BET Networks; Jessee Kirshbaum, Co-Founder, SoundCtrl;
Cortney Harding, Partnerships, Soundrop; Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG
Strategic; and Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire. J
Jurors
were prohibited from voting on categories where they or their companies were
nominated or have a substantial financial interest.
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Congratulations to the inaugural DMW Music Awards winners. This is a great group to recognize.